Gary Sumner:  

Gary is from Ontario, California. He is married with Cheryl Sumner. His schools include Granada Hills High School. He later attended Sierra College. He works(ed) at Enjoying Retirement, PT&T/Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T, US Navy Seabees. After Graduation in 1964, I worked as a Box Boy at Hughes Market. I had joined the Naval Reserve in 1963, while in my senior year. In August 1965, I was called to active duty, where I attended Construction Electrician "A" School at Port Hueneme. Then I was attached to MCB 4 of the Navy Seabees, and went to Chu Lai, Vietnam, where I was a CE (Construction Electrician). While there, I worked on building, and maintaining the Marine air base and running the generator shack at Camp Shields. When I returned home, in August 1966, I married my sweetheart, Cheryl Benton. We lived off base in Oxnard until January 1967, when I went back to Chu Lai with MCB 8 as a CEP3 (P standing for Power). In July of that year, I returned home for separation from active duty and went to work for Pacific Telephone as a Lineman, and worked in downtown L.A.. In 1972, I transferred to Yuba City, in northern California, where I worked as a Cable Splicer until 1973, when I transferred to Auburn. Then in 1976, I transferred to Grass Valley, where I remained as a Cable Splicer until I retired near the end of 2006. Cheryl & I have a daughter, Lori, who gave us 5 beautiful grandchildren, a boy and 4 girls. We also have a son, Steve, who gave us another grandson. With the exception of one granddaughter, who is attending college in Missouri, all live in the local area. We love living in the historic California Gold Rush town of Nevada City. In 2006 Hallmark filmed the movie, "The Christmas Card" in Nevada City, which is shown several...Expand for more